El Maleh Surname

415,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Maleh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Maleh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Mauritania941:43,5623,285
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Lebanon381:148,3447,289
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Syria101:1,930,1029,170
Yemen81:3,303,16216,088
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
France71:9,488,960336,266
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Maleh Demographics

El Maleh Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 27 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Maleh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Maleh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Maleh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﺢ) is found in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of El Maleh.

How Common Is The Last Name El Maleh? popularity and diffusion

El Maleh is the 415,769th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,706,745 people. The surname El Maleh is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of El Maleh live; 70 percent live in North Africa and 41 percent live in Mahgreb.

This surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 101,103. Barring Morocco this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 29 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.

El Maleh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the El Maleh last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (59%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Maleah942/
El Malehe942/
El Malehy941/
El Male9317/
El Malih88691/
El Malhi88517/
El Malyh88204/
El-Maleh8828/
El Meleh889/
El Malhe887/
El Malhy882/
El Melehy8210/
El Mallhi824/
El-Maleeh824/
El Malahy824/
El Malihe821/
El Malhis821/
El Moyleh821/
El Maly8062/
El Mali8029/
El Mole808/
El Mele806/
El Mala803/
El Mallaha78772/
El Mousleh786/
El Mallahy784/
El Mahalhy781/
El Maslahy781/
El Maaly751,337/
El Malla75219/
El Masli75187/
El Maali7566/
El Malia7541/
El Mealy7535/
El Meali7522/
El Moule756/
El Melih756/
El Maula755/
El Mhali754/
El Mehli754/
El-Malhi754/
El Mahli752/
El Melhy752/
El Mhala751/
El Mmala751/
El Maili751/
El Maily751/
El-Meleh751/
El Maslouhy74273/
El Moslih71206/
El Mouled71136/
El Mahaly7116/
El Malouy7114/
El Malaya7112/
El-Malaha714/
El Mahali711/
El Muilhi711/
El Mouley711/
El Meylea711/
El Mola67260/
El Mahalla67202/
El Molouhy67136/
El Mouslih6794/
El Moulahy676/
El Meli672/
El Mahalli672/
El-Mala671/
El Moli671/
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El Maleh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Maleh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﺢalmalh-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Maleh
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